COVID-19 pnömonisi ve pnömotoraks: 6 Olguluk Seri

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Both pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum are complications of intubation.Pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum may be present in COVID-19 patients even in the absence of barotrauma.Here, we report 6 patients with pneumothorax and / or pneumomediastinum.COVID PCR test was positive in all.Tube thoracostomy was not performed in two of the cases.One of them was pneumomediastinum and there was no pneumothorax in the parenchyma and the other one had minimal pneumothorax in the right lung.Bilateral tube thorocostomy was performed in one of the cases, with a history of hospitalization in the intensive care unit and extensive subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum.There was no mortality in our patients.Consequently, spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax are not a common picture in COVID-19 infection and could potentially be an aggravating factor in the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia.